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Solve : Can't get Vista to Load?

Answer» <html><body><p>I just finished building my first barebones computer and I can't get past the BIOS menu.  When I put the Vista DVD in the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/drive-959713" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DRIVE">DRIVE</a>, I got a "drive not recognized, check cable" error and below that "please insert bootable disk".  I have set the BIOS boot order to look for the DVD drive and no joy.<br/><br/>I am using:<br/><br/>Intel motherboard D945GCPE<br/>Intel Pentium Dual Core 2 GHzCPU-E2180<br/>Ultra 1024 MB PC4200 DDR2 533MHz Memory (x2)<br/>Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB HD,7200, 8 MB SATA-300<br/><br/>Thanks for any help you can give!<br/><br/><br/><br/>Check if the drive is being recognised in the BIOS.<br/>Try another IDE cable.<br/>Make sure the drive is jumpered correctly.I replaced the IDE cable and BIOS recognized the drive!  (Western Digital's Caviar SE 160GB HD does not have jumpers apparently)---But when we put the Vista DVD in, we got the following error  :<br/><br/>PXE-E61:  Media Test Failure<br/>PXE-M0F:  Exiting PXE ROM<br/><br/>No bootable device---insert boot disk and press any key<br/><br/>Not a clue what to do next...Go <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/back-389278" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BACK">BACK</a> to BIOS. Make sure, that the boot order reads: floppy, CD, HD<br/>Disable Boot from Network (wording is different on every machine, may say Integrated NIC, Network, PXE-xxxxxxx)It's a SATA drive...you didn't state that originally.That's weird.  I see "SATA" on the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/last-2782539" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LAST">LAST</a> line of the information I submitted on my system.  Sorry if it didn't show up for you.Thank you both so much!!  It's loading!!    We are so grateful for your help.I'm glad, you fixed it. What exactly did you change in BIOS?I changed the boot order from:<br/><br/>DVD:<br/>A:<br/>C: <br/><br/>to:<br/><br/>A:<br/>DVD:<br/>C:<br/>and I disabled the option "Boot to Network"<br/><br/>Vista is doing its <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thing-25656" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THING">THING</a> now.  I'll be back in touch if there are any more issues.  My son and I are doing the happy dance now.   Great  <br/>I think, this:<br/> Quote</p><blockquote>I disabled the option "Boot to Network"</blockquote> was the culprit. Quote from: Newgeek on <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/march-243170" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MARCH">MARCH</a> 08, 2008, 10:10:33 AM<blockquote>That's weird.  I see "SATA" on the last line of the information I submitted on my system.  Sorry if it didn't show up for you.<br/></blockquote> <br/>Oooooops     too much caffiene.You sure, it's not that Adult Beverage?Glad it wasn't me, Patio.  I clicked and clicked on that "Pay Attention" button of yours but nothing happened.  <br/><br/>You're gonna be better off, if you start new topic on this.</body></html>


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